Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Frontex: How the EU's Growing 'Army' is Attempting to Secure the Border - TLDR News" video.

I think an EU military is just a matter of time and not because of wanting one but because of the changing world, we're seeing a more hostile US and a more aggressive China and Russia, if Europeans want to protect their interest, they are likely going to have to band together and pool resources as we're too small as individual countries when compared to the US or China. In other words, I think an EU military and more integration will happen because of the changing realities of the world, at least if we want to protect our economic, social and political interest because otherwise, we're just going to get pushed aside and that could be bad for our social system, a little hint is what the US wants from the UK after Brexit when it comes to trade deals, a watering down on a lot of things that are not in their interest.
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@Swift-mr5zi Without NATO, the EU countries would combine a lot more of their resources, it's the US that would lose out without NATO because for one the US would have less power in Europe and two, the EU countries would get together more out of self-interest, NATO gives them a reason to not do that for now but they are more than capable of doing so. Truth be told, both the EU and US need each other as power is quickly shifting towards Asia and it's in the US interest that we have a strong EU, that basically means more integration both politically and economically, it's either that or we're just going to get pushed aside by the Asian powers. In the end, for all the differences between the EU and US, we are a lot more alike than we are different, Trump did a lot of harm to the transatlantic alliance at a time when China is gaining more power, the EU and US either wake up to the threat or we're both going to get pushed aside as we're not big enough on our own to compete with Asia.
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